US President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that American forces are likely to strike Iran’s underground Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility in central Iran “very probably pretty soon.” Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said the United States is not interested in talks with Tehran unless Iran is prepared for what he called “meaningful” negotiations. He claimed Iran “wants to meet desperately” and is “getting decimated” by ongoing military action. Trump acknowledged the United States does not have confirmation that centrifuges have been moved into Pickaxe Mountain, which Iran declared to the IAEA in 2020 as a future advanced centrifuge assembly site.

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